My doctor prescribes me a drug that has an accepted medical use for treating anxiety. However, my doctor cautions me to not use too much of the medication or continue using it for a long period of time because it has a very high likelihood of leading to physical dependence and abuse. What drug schedule is this drug likely to have?
Read DetailsI am a proponent of the disease model of addiction. More specifically, I believe that drug use causes disease-related changes to the brain that consequently result in addiction. In other words, exposure to the drug itself is what is responsible for producing addiction. What is the term to describe this basic understanding of addiction?
Read DetailsAs part of a research study, I am sometimes given a substance that makes my heart rate increase, and at other times I am given a substance that has no effect on me (placebo). During these administrations, I am also asked to press buttons for which I can earn money. I learn that on the days when I experience my heart racing, I should press button 1 to receive reward, and on days when I don’t experience that effect I should press button 2 to receive reward. Thus, the presence of the drug is essentially telling me how to behave to receive reward, and is serving as a:
Read DetailsI want to know if college students perform better on a math test when they take Adderall. Forty students participate in this research on two occasions: on one visit they receive Adderall, and on the other they receive a placebo. This way I can directly compare each subject’s performance on Adderall to their performance on placebo, while keeping individual levels of intelligence constant. Neither the subjects nor the experimenter knows which type of pill the subject gets on each visit. What type of experiment is this?
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